Such a person would be awesome in the courtroom, Marek.
--- Duveyoung <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > "Marek Reavis" wrote: "A truly good person is in > the flow of life, > the Tao. In that flow ownership of action doesn't > exist because > everything is flowing with their intentions, like > having the wind at > your back." > > Marek, > > Thanks for using that popular metaphor -- it > suddenly hit me from a > new angle. (So keep using those old saws out there > people!) > > To have the wind at one's back, it turns out, is > merely one side of > the concept. > > There's the other side too. > > Case in point: To be literal, a "lesson" that all > trikke newbies have > happen to them is that they start out trikking with > the wind at their > backs, but it is such a slight breeze that they > never notice it; then, > when they decide to return home, the same pathway > now has this > "hurricane" blowing them to a standstill. Oh, > there's another "wind" > too: a Trikke is lovingly called a "invisible slope > detection device" > by trikkers, because if you're just learning how to > carve, you find > out that virtually no surface is level and that in > one direction you > can trikke pretty good as a newbie, but in the other > you cannot go > even a single foot forwards -- until you truly learn > how to work the > beast. Can't call yourself a trikker until you can > go up a steep hill! > > To have the wind at one's back (God's help) and not > be enlightened -- > oooo, prepare for a shock any second! You're going > along great and > think you're on top of things, then suddenly your > direction in life > changes and you come to dead stop without any > resources to move > forwards at the easy-peasy pace you were enjoying > just moments before. > One thinks one's really trucking entirely on one's > own merits, then > OOPS! where's my support of nature go? I have this > happen all the > time to me when a scenario requires me to have a > whole notch more > compassion or insight or other personality dynamic, > and BANG, there I > am with no real traction and a lot of growth needed. > > I'm reminded of Karna, Arjuna's evil twin, who had > this tapas-earned > boon that would have wiped out Arjuna's whole army > in a blink, but > when he went to use it (a mantra that basically was > like pulling the > trigger on an atomic bomb) he couldn't remember the > damned mantra! > Just like that, suddenly, Karna came up short -- > thought he was a big > shot -- "It's all downhill from here, Baby!" -- but > when the direction > of the battle changed, he suddenly found that all > his powers were for > naught, and that he was lacking the ability he truly > needed to call > himself a complete warrior (trikker) -- in this case > it was his > inability to retain subtlety while in the heat of > battle. > > Trikkers know all about subtlety, let me tell ya! A > small scattering > of pebbles can getcha plowing the sod with a > shoulder if hit them > "just so," and a "light wind" can slow one down so > much that people > with aluminum walkers start shooting by like hot-rod > teens! Oh, the > shame of it if one doesn't have the chops to meet > the challenges of > wind and pebbles. > > So, thanks, Marek, for a new insight into the > support of nature being > an all time reality for the enlightened who are > always sliding down > the gravity well with the wind at their backs -- > it's a free ride all > the way! They're surfing, always in freefall, and > wondering what the > rest of us are talking about: gravity? eh? whacha > talkin' 'bout > gravity? There's no gravity! > > Edg > > > Send instant messages to your online friends http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com
